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R 'fhnerst. !fsaealtiar e• 1924
THE SIGNAL,
- GODERICH, ONT.
Tha,:/sgin,
First recorded Thanksgiving Service
on this Continent held in Newfoundland.
Text of the Original Annual Proclamatio
in Canada which was issued in 187
Observance is now Combined with Ar
istice Day by Decision of Parliament.
1'iwuk.gs+iu Ih1; is older thin
the aulh,uth•, re.vrdl of hletory.
!or victory wia1. ,ulamity sunivel.
for good hunting. man fits assured-
ly giving Menke -long before he
knew how 10 vinosity himself In the
world in whk•h he lived.
it the latest dt.luctluns of the
nc1euliets are right. than was eon-
temporsnrrn+ with some of the
great 'mets. n•ptil.•e and birds
which it wan once thought had the
earth. tneluding part of the Domin-
ion of i'anada. ,?o ehemseivls. There
nee-, have been n wrote tare outbursts
J. R. Wheeler '
- Funeral Director and
F:mb.lpier
�ll oells promptly attend-
ed to day or night
I PHONES
ife/eJ1514
_ Residence 355w
fish' Street. Goderich
11178 AND BLOOJ►OE BESVICE
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Bus meets all trains. Calle made for
passengers and baggage to any part of
the town. Prompt servi_e guaranteed.
Telephone 51, Day or Night
H. It. A OWS
Residence. Cambria Road. opposite the
Organ Facto (Mace
C
esent
I, thong!' they would not he so im-
1 pn•eesi as were the seethes' at being
of joy in that 1 •Ilg ago hell hoe s on'Icwd again. even though that land
ant•eatur, evade -many gut f the tries I was strange. nod their hearta full
l -
of an Ic•hlhyeettinis, put a dinosaur of frau affil yn1Ietie4.
out of business, ltss•ed out a din-' TVe Present Observant.
otnerlum. or killed A DIA tumot!1.1
These were Impromptu thankegit•• . It It A far cry from that observ-
ing., however. and usually - of a I anee in the Aneiont Colony to the
etrlctly private natures 11 nisei-, ThaukaKlt.IIg Day of the present
nate In thow• days to make tot •h- generation. Ti the youth of ()en-
noble about stall a victory; the re-! tide the day is synonymous with
spoons might cotue iu the gulae of holiday attraction.. roast turkey,
a new attack by a monster of land I and other appetizing delicacies. To
or air, or from humans whose del` i their elders there i. Interwoven in
sire to kill might be based ou jest., the joys of faumily reunions and Messed be H1. same, Ile owner , Pie
missy. greed. or there lust for 010.1. social intereouree and thaukaglcing 'flee them to the uttermost."
quest..___ 11._ia_ mare ..than likely, Iltat l for 1110 harv, Sts,
tender thoughts It might be worse,' La a
aneT .�Ilcere tributes to The` iiwn "'I1O
the vk9orleua Individual or faintly quietism that (ones almost 'moot-
the
the stpry of his or their pias-1whus.• calor soil endurance In the scfouily to tate lips on the reading
sees to a select few In the r\•exset I Great War rave Cann& a -new of this story. Perhaps its general
of their eaves. when the eetrtneea *tante iu world leadership •Armts nine date: lark to them. though that
thereto had been Hallie taros• for ilee hay end Tkankagtring Day are might easily be shown to he :1 mi•-
the night. and the choicest edible
now 011e In Canadian annuls. The taken Impnssluu.
porion, from ttie lately de ca rod date was tizcal by Parliament dor- i Upper Canada seems to hues had
victim were. beingdin of with• Ing the 19':1 i.einn, as the Mon-
posed its first proclaimed ihiy of Thanks -
Out the aid of halves. forks or It*y of the ,week eontatning Amnia -
giving in ]one, lSlf, to anumem•
There have been some chaagees in orate the etnl of the Nu{sde,n'ic wars._
time and methods of observing the' A •IMy ofThanks{-iriu� was Dro trine, and in the fore -third year,
claimed for the wholf ('ada on
e oan
day on this sontlnent, wins Fro- (bur Reign.
I Jiarch 1. 157:5. for the restoration to
tdshe•r'x time, though the bask pain- "By Command.
health of the then Prince of Kalea.
•tple has remained. The Pllgrtan J. C. Aitkis..
Fath.•ra gacK to It. n (adoring that Our Inst Artasal "Seretary o[ State."
serviettes. '•
Newfoundi:ind was the strew of
the first recorded formai TIEttIks-
giving eerrice held oh the confluent
That roam in L,7.. and it Wait con -
dizzied by n clergyman whoie•om•
panted the expt1t11Uon which ,mil-e•,r•- 1 not faded out nudely through it is re.orlel that Canada's first
Sir Martin Frobisher, a anted nave .it.. eedhng centuries. • At the "in- annual Thanksgiving Ihly wa4 pro-
nator and explorer. had brought g,irh,eriag' of their first harvest in claimed on Oetober 0. lent. and oh -
the first J-nitifsh immigrants to ewe 11.:1, the people who had come served on November 0. A proclaims-
trent.- the ofd one to establish a New tion has been Issued every year since
England, loMil :t aeryl.o• and rile- I then. Here is the 'wording of the
bnittont. s:oc,•rnor Brdforel .pent fire annual proclamation: -
tie In North Atoerha. That most
have been a strange and pletureaque
ceremony. (If Itself the Atlantic
win voyage In that age sat Aa ,rut four men to shoot add fowl,
adventure few but the most adventur- I and they teemed enough. mostly e United
I the � of ( of God. of
sus tmdertnok without fee r. To the ['nitld Kingdom Gnat I#ritain
turkey according to the chronicles, to and Ireland. Queen, Defender of the
nitlsfy all the company for about a iI,yl 1 rte., etc. etc,
the peril, of the sea to whit' Then
served fur ships, had to tie added
the dangers from stills' of other
nations. and from the freebooter* who
knew neither flag nor race whets
they bad a chance to loot and slay.
Frobisher and hie rough aallormen,
no doubt. took part in the e-rviee,
Then Zam-Buk is your surest means of securing
once more perf-ctly sound tissue and a blemish -free
skin. Zam-Buk owes its signal triumph over skin
disease to its unique herbal composition. This rare
antiseptic balm expels all harmful germs that have
secured lodgment beneath the cuticle, banishes sores
and eruptions, and gru.vs healthy new skin in a way done by no
mere pore-clotgutg o,ntment or fatty salve,
RCZEMA ON HANDS. Mr J E Cusick, of 340. Wilson St..
Ilam lion ((Int 1. *n. 1'. very winter eczema appeared on aha back
et int har"1• rhe unM.e Itching and ram was .nn., ✓were. and .he dotaa•e moist
bad. 1 sem erNMb ,n week F.. en a .an.pl• her .•1 7.r• no4, peeved u• aortic sad
1 et e.x:• Meeh, • .I ni'le !never corl.hav'. MI/eyede 1 had not eapene,ictd e,
'low , ,i.ckly lam -11,94, eou,pl- r -t, healed nor bands '• •
SURMA • SCALDS. Mr E Webster, of ,'.19, l'r.i:nenrt St ,
Montreal, .a{+ " '•t I was a pan of tsnhng s' -.14s oft the
«nr Inr .on 9.. •••‘• 91,1..n, .e..1 1.. w:kr,teh. pan tw• 1 .1 • .eree•b *rand -
.n1 Ma vert We 1,.4 r:r..l .n.ra1'nl rens/Nike,. 1n.I .hr, a111911r•.11,9 ave bon
trlef tt-e tr,r,..,,. 1' 1 r .. Irak a .t 1' .. at,.•.! 1i..• • Rhea, n, It drew, scar IM
Pant and .non heated F..:J,e'. ft trd,h-rad "
POISONtD HAND. s1r+ r:ere Boorman. et 906. Sent Avenge.
Woimpeg *ave. • " 1 rut mr left hand whsle sung • paw of
•••••nr. the .INp •saes wenn•) 14,.,) to ,.e ,1n.-!, +..I .., 1 .ns. 1 aa* rlea••l an
arises had been seer"/ In$ammaonnoet on, an! my Iha, 1. lamed Marl ani
ep.l*nn. lam link . nlb.d 1h • .rale pail AirPcIl, . lr c oat as inaamn,ahnn lad
Waled Ube w un •�tn Treat Them Alt With
AlseaWaled Ike wound "�
ins a.s
m dsMsrl
As Christmas Approaches \
Porter's Book Store brings -
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TO GODERICH
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Flee ail tw window for advance showing, and remember the
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Book Store
As i'rize, for Card and Mali
Jong parties this litre fills a
long felt want.
is if.
w,.•k. "To all to whom thepreeente
Edwarn Winslow. one of the Yase y- shall•. come, or wham the. same may
fleeer's company. thus wrote of the in anywSp cotnwro,-4iMgting.
celebration to an 1 nglieh friend:-
"Our harceat Ming gotten in our "•t I'M H'LA NATION
governor scut four men on fowling. "Jail. McDonald. Whereas it hath
that mo ee might. after n special Attorney-4:1.esal, pleamd Almighty
manner. r4olee together after Wel Canada. (teal. in 111. great
had gathered the fruit of our labors. armless, to vouehtafe gusto our Dora -
"They four in one .hay killed as inion of Canada. the Meetings of a
many fool at wit% a little help 1,e- bountiful and abundant HHnrvest.-
wide serves} the ..nmpany Ohms! a We. therefore. conddt•ring that
week. nt which time. amongst ether t%.•se iii-.singx enjoyed by (lair {x•nple
reripitien.. we exerdnerl our arms. hrtong} t the wni.I IA,minion do call
matey of the InAhaa" coming for a solemn and public acknowltdg-
amon,{wt Its. and among the rest mens, have ihronght fit by and with
their-grr•stewt King, Mawtnaot. with the ndvk• of Onrl Petry Council for
-,,me ninety men, whom for then (tnnida, .use appoint Tlnrrsdty, the
tityn we entertained and feasted: ' stub dry of Nuremla•r next. a. a day
nod they went out and killed ftan of Geuernl Thanksgiving to Almighty
deers, which they brought to the find for taw• ts.nntiful luarveat with
plantation, and bestowed on our (toy- which ('meads his 1te.•n hle ted this
trnor. and on the captain end the yin'r.
others
"And althongh it is not always bol "Anil We do invite All our lov-
plemt fttl as- It was at this titne with tug �ubJeeis throughout (`a nada to
ms. ye by. the goodness: of God, we observe the said day of General
fire AO far from want. that we wish I ThagkaFtving,
you partakers of our plenty," 1 "In Testimony Whereof, We lute.
\flies fit/indite!' 14 amid fo have caused theme (her letters to he
leen the captain of those- who "ex- made Patent, and the Great went of
enamel" their arms and the armed (latatda to bw hereunto affixed. W it-
taen under him are reported to have nese Our Right Trwmty and 1Yell-ite-
nutnlered a few more than twenty love} Councillor, Sifr John Douglas
on this eecnsIOU , 1 Sutherland (htmphell ' (commonly
Trials of endnranee, races on hand callevl the Marquis of Lorne), Knight
wilt , and exhibltiou-, of akill of 1tur Most Ancient and Moat Jdr,hle
.•re parof the celebration from tiny, of the Thhele•. Knight Grand
to day. I Crows of Our Most I)I,tlttgnbdwd Or-
in many respects Thanksgiving der of St. Jlfehael and St. George,
[My observances have net advanced (lovernor4:enerab of Canada and
far I gond the Idea. then accepted Vire-Admiral of tine same, etc., etc..
a. fitting. The turkey shoots, air et..
leen, meet, and game., the family "At Our Government. Horne, In our
And community gatherings of later (city of Ottawa. film Ninth day of
Jaya were adaptation4 of t'he (ear- Oeteier In the year of Our Lord one
brntion. of the Pilgrim Fathers. The thousand tight hundred and seventy -
1 G,'nNsu Gifts
modern way, however, 14 to confine
illi.• proec dingn tato one per!,sl nt
twenty-four bemire instead of allow-
ing them to alined over many drys.
911.1 one of the most notable
of the featnr.' on 'this continent Is
the great ntrugglem to-tweee famou4
f est Ixl 11 i, -9m4,
Some Early Prmelama&ens
Itistory re`ords that in 17013 Hali-
fax pro.•Inlmed n day of Thanksgiv-
ing to mark the peace that made Cavi -
1 :Ida a British pl*aeetlon. Thirty-two
1 yearn' tater. in 1795, Washington,
first Pr•aldent of the [lnit.d Settee
lashed the fleet national Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation of that country. T1te
(ley wits more or less generally oh -
Merrell by n number of the :itstes in
MN.Yeditlg yearn. first sinew President
l,ineotln'l null for Its observance in
15114, his grown in significance, ane)
hig actable' standing as a national
holiday in the itepubilc.
The King Oeorge of that pencil
also proclaimed a day of Tlanka-
giting at the clove of the Revolu-
tinitary war. 1t is related that A
.lerg_ytnan who had ' the friendship
and intimacy of the King. while
walking with hien in the ground.
at Windsor ()mete. pressed hl.
of Added 1e tin
feature zervle.•
Montresl via t1
whlit•h has been
with cntahe+l ro-k
pxmnd Alis. in-tarit
sattefort for tray.•i1
well as an annexe.
time. Trains leu ye
Station at 9.01 am - .
daily except aatnr,fa
p.m. dally. Arriving
Station, tit.• traveller
fit of immeliate fact
worm-n'e rest room asp
whinh cannot be du
other station in Mon
convenience in offered t ase wh
to trwvee to a diontrwl from .
Toronto. In the 9.4 5 p.m.\ train.
except Saturdays. from Ycnge ate
station.
Canadian Pacific agent• will glad!.
make you reservations and supply
you with any information you re-
quire. They are fully qualified to
offer a "second to non..' iervkw to
the public.
The phratteeAngy of the yearly
Thanksgiving Day p.o•IAmationa of
the Dominion las altered little since,
Alt -tone the Good. the Marquis of
Lorne and the others now dead and
gone, who caused the original to he
issued. 'Those of today bear the Daniel
of King George. whom titles include'
that of "Emperor of India," and to !
the body of the document ocurs the
words. "and Wr ao appoint Armistice
'nay. Monday the tenth day of Nos. -
ember
ember next. as a day 0 gene -.sl.
Thanksgiving."
Sinew the days are combine! in
tate manner stated. for ob-ervarnw on
the Monday of the week In which
the eleventh M November occurs. the
actual date vieries from yeti- to year,
but the principle in maintaimsi.
Sear (images in Date
Some years prior to the derision of
Patlfanw•nt Ib thea observe le die
Canadiln IThanks{pvin (Day twee
made to correspond with that of the
Fulled States.
(eogralelle l proximity, with the
Reenlisg advantage of travel in a
joint holiday period. was an impor-
tant factor in this arrangement.
it was felt, however, that the day
in the Itepwhlle. usually the iast
Thursday in November, wale rather
pate to nerve the purpn.g-* of a hat -
vent festival in Canada. and the
month of October w reverted to
1 with a Thurwley as fhe thy. Tenter
a Monday was chosen. This was in
re.ponne to the request from travel-
lers to mettle thorn, or the majority
of them. to spend the day at home,
and to give beater oppt,rtnutty for
II few days reunion between taminee
and friends In elti.s or rural se•tiona.
Now it Is in very truth a day of
The nktgtving for the harvests nt
the Beide, and of 1 ,mrrdorance for
the sacrifices of those who do not
share it w otserveRCP with ns, bat
Who made them p otatble. They did
their part; it is for its to (M ours
in the certain aasuranee theft the
future of Canada Le still mote Kier-
totes
dor
tons than all the (hinting promise er
the present.
COULD NOT
SLEEP NICHTS
Pains and Headaches Re-
lieved by Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Dublin, Ontario. -''I was weak and
:n-egular, with pains and headaches.
and could not sleepnlghta. 1 learned
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound by reading the letters in the
newspaper@ and tried it because I
wanted to get better. I have got good
results from it ea 1 feel a lot atronges
and am not troubled with such bad
headaches as i Deed to be and am more
regular. I am gaining in weight all
the time and I tali myfriends what
kind of medicine I am taing. You may
use m letter as a het to otbers.'--
Mrs. Jamas Roam, Boit 1$ Dublin,
Jtnje•ety for the retaona for this, °swim
action. The King returned magi
tics answcra to several pointed ques-
tions ne 10 whet preeible ph/tae of
the snhappy struggle between Eng-
lish sneaking peoples WAX the cense for
notional rejok•Ing.
Finally the clergyman Asked. "For
what then. any 1t Ocoee your Maj-
eety are we to give thanks?"
"Thank tier" eried the King moat
energetically. •'thank (iod that it- 14
not any aurae.'•
The haler of this story add*. "Yea.
end here is A reason for ihankfulnee@t,
wince It 14 never an had with ne as 11
might Ire; ■nil even 1f 1inil he pnuring
Haifa: Nurse Recommends
Halifax, N. B. - "t ani a maternit
nurse and have recommended Lydia E.
/Inkhorn's Vegetable Compound altto
o
many women who were childless,
too women who need • good conk. I am
English and my husband is American.
and he told me of Lydia E. Pinkham
while In England. i would appreciate
• copy or two of your little boxtka on
women's ailments. ii have one which I
keep to lend. i will willingly abort
letters from any woman main'
the Vegetable Compound. "-- Yrs. 8. Y.
t',ot.aarr t4 (Meeks Street Halifax.
out the stats of 111. anger, rot.) Nova Scotia.
COMEDY IN NAMES
London Girl }lad Three Queer Suit.
era For Her Hand.
London.-'Pfte joke about Mr. (hof
marrying Mins I.iuk has just cropped
nix and the hope is amusingly ex-
pressed that neither. .of them will W
"si,ditairey." says a writer in John d
national service th a littult,n's Weekly. Strange juxtapn-
from, Ton.ut., to «Mlona 0 naml•s happen from time t0
rake Shore Line, time. :4 f sal tarnisher instanced
ltirely nehallrigt.d a record the other day aneh as could
ud relaid with 100• only have .vine from a family of un -
A =CO1111110 Of ,1.•rruakwrs. - 11.• said: "My mother,
s wt night 'AA when a girl. had threw tori acquaint -
dust in day- nuns•. --sir. heath. er }tendon; Mr.
urnntn l'ul'u t•Iltir-Ivird• a cheeuint: and Mr.
h y. 10(10 p.m, (:raves, an organist. V*7len 17 she
y, and 11 (MI married ear father, who was an uo-
Wfndmnr deraker." Manny will say that with
hu ala• bene tench friends, there was nothing else
1111•. in the to .1o. Things go by contraries, and
d bar •r shop, notwithstanding throw bandktaps ahs
t� Ang was. 1 export, a bright Tittle thing
An flAAe4,_ -it- beAm' iti the glome.
a•iah !
Glib ; irate General: "What do you want
a wife for? Why, you can hardly
keep yourself deently; my daughter
would starve."
Percival 1V.•lla.rn (with much dlg-
ity 1 : " PVeld, air, if you are the• kind
. man who would let his daughter
at 1 her huslmnd starve. i don t wish
to 'ter tie family." .
The immense value offered by The
Family Hen.ld and Weekly :(tar of
Montreal tine aoanon Is meting with
the success the publislx•ry deserve.
Their large calendar for 110'.15 with
the beautiful picture -"The Sale of
Old Ik hbin"-is proving a very point -
lar premium, while the Ten Thousand
'foliar Flection Corned is a record
breaker. For those who raise club..
0 new tnhw•rlhers. there i, a elite-
toKue of some very ltaoiwnne and
nae•ttil rewnnla. The Family Herald
is (securing thnuaanda upon thousands
a new auhw•rllwrs by their gentemne
gifts. added to the smpx•r.xc•cllenee
of the paper itself; In fact few
benne. w111 be found wlthemt that
greet weekly when two dreier.; will
seistr• so much.
A Natb nal Asset
Aa the greatent trentpnrtatitn com-
pany in the worldf the Canadian Pacif-
ic Railway has maintained a nation-
al nervier in the Trans-Csnitch Lim-
ited which is at.e and to node and on
the eoneltudein of the summer wheel -
tile of teas creek train has transfer -
rd the equipment to the Vanoonver
Rxprem which leaves Toronto every
night et 10.00 p.m. on lte trip aerate
the mntinrnt, via Winnipeg. Calgary.
Banff. Lake Loni e, the spiral tun-
nel. eieamona and parts of the ('in -
/Alen recite. Rankles taverna
throughout the world, on Its way to
Vancouver, where the travellers are
unanimoma In their prays of the hu-
rler of the Vaneo liver Hotel. The
dana.lan recline elan operates a
asettmahip service to Vietq$ti. the
metra for winter totrlatf.
Not only dopa the Vancouver Pir-
prw PArry tourist sine at,.MAM
sleepers• tont it also earries a csm-
parrnrt►t-owrvatiot ear complete la
Bgelf. while arinl ear la added
from Riveiktokc�to Yaneonver.
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For Delicate Girls'
Jahn Britt, > fl, avec
-w 6fk gad had organic etsr.vss amid
waves
mot deep, had
UMW kesdrtdtea rad faiomq Spells. This went 4t for time pass
and three dsatan helped herwry
tit After mail, of whet Dr. Chew&
Ness Fwd had dose flee othsn. I got
.acne fee her. Shen mow se seell that
she es Eke a Merest eisdi. She is
fourteen yeah old and loofa the pie.
tore of health.
"Fe have meed Dr.
Chase's Nerve Food for
diEeseat weathers of time
bendy, when recovering
front "flu" and scarlet
fever, and it las always
helped thea."
Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
M et.. a boa of 50 pllW Fde malson, Bays • Cis., lad.. Toronto
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